Guettarda wrote:
On 4/10/07, geni wrote:
On 4/10/07, David Gerard wrote:
And never mind the actual question RFA is supposed
to answer.
RFA is kinda set up to work on the basis that the person has not been
an admin before.
Absolutely. That idea has been floating around in my head for a while, but
it hadn't managed to crystallise.
One feature of the process as applied to Danny is that he has had time
to make enemies, and many of them are particularly unforgiving. Anyone
who takes a principled stand takes the risk of making enemies. I voted
in support of Danny, but I admit that I had to pause to think about it.
In the present circumstances the person most likely to win adminship is
the person who dutifully does what he's told. He throws spears at
perceived trolls, vandals, and the civilly disobedient; he throws soft
candy at ineffectively compliant newbies. He lives in a ticky-tacky
homepage. He is the kind of liberal that the progressives of the 1960s
used to complain about. His impeccable lawn is dilligently protected
from any imaginative weeds that might disrupt his orderly world and
cause change. When baking he prefers using powdered eggs because they
never need to be broken.
When a Danny moves into this idyllic suburb, and questions these values,
the neighborhood phagocytes go into action.
Ec